I Can Eat Glass

I Can Eat Glass (Anglice, 'Vitrum edere possum') fuit propositum linguisticum in interrete antiquo ab Ethan Mollick, discipulo Harvardiano, relatum.^[1] Qui dicentibus I can eat glass, it does not hurt me, locutionem Anglicam, in variissimis linguis conversam praebere volebat, locutionem ob eius ingenium insolitum electam.

Mollick explicavit peregrinatoribus in civitatibus externis "impulsum invictum"^[2] esse ut aliquid illa lingua utentes dicant, sed quidquid dicant plerumque se peregrinatores statim probare; dicere autem "Vitrum edere possum, quod mihi non nocet," monstrare dicentem "videri indigenam insanum, ac dignitate et observantia tractari."^[3]

Propositum magnopere amplificabatur cum navigatores interretiales ut translata referant invitarentur.^[4] Locutio in plus quam 150 linguas, inter quas nonnullae quae fictae vel excogitatae sunt, atque in codicem ex variis linguis computatralibus captis, conversa est; memum interretiale mox facta est.^[5]

↑ Edward Finegan, Language: Its Structure and Use (Thomson Wadsworth, 2004, ISBN 9780838407943), 254.
↑ Anglice: "[have] an irresistible urge."
↑ Anglice: "will be viewed as an insane native, and treated with dignity and respect."
↑ Carl S. Blyth, Untangling the Web: Nonce's Guide to Language and Culture on the Internet (John Wiley & Sons, 2000, ISBN 9780471392477), 48.
↑ Adan Wooten, "International Business: Potty language: Safely navigating international water closets," Deseret News, 1 Octobris 2011.

[1] Edward Finegan, Language: Its Structure and Use (Thomson Wadsworth, 2004, ISBN 9780838407943), 254.

[2] Anglice: "[have] an irresistible urge."

[3] Anglice: "will be viewed as an insane native, and treated with dignity and respect."

[4] Carl S. Blyth, Untangling the Web: Nonce's Guide to Language and Culture on the Internet (John Wiley & Sons, 2000, ISBN 9780471392477), 48.

[5] Adan Wooten, "International Business: Potty language: Safely navigating international water closets," Deseret News, 1 Octobris 2011.

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